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Marquis, Saskatchewan is a village located on the highway 42 about 32 km northwest of Moose Jaw. It was incorporated in 1910[5] and, as of 2001, has 94 inhabitants[6].
[edit] Economy
Businesses and services in the village include a general store/liquor store franchise, a post office, a municipal office, a sand blasting and painting facility, and a service station. The primary economic base is agriculture.
Marquis is located on the Canadian Pacific Railway line. In common with many Saskatchewan communities, Marquis's grain elevators were torn down during the 1990s.
[edit] Demographics
According to the Canada 2001 Census:
| Population: |
94 (-4.1 from 1996) |
| Land area: |
0.63 km² |
| Population density: |
148.3 people/km² |
| Median age: |
39.5 (males: 40.8, females: 35.0) |
| Total private dwellings: |
38 |
| Mean household income: |
$NA |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php>
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, <http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html>
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute., CTI Determine your provincial constituency, <http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm>
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Elections Canada On-line, <http://www.elections.ca/home.asp>
- ^ SaskBiz (Government of Saskatchewan). Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ Statistics Canada 2001 report detail. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
Coordinates: 50°37′05″N 105°43′08″W / 50.618, -105.719
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